1. The Finance ministry has constituted an implementation cell which will function as the Sectt. of the empowered Committee headed by Cabinet Secretary in which Secretary , Department of Post is also a member.

2. As per the minutes of implementation cell held on 2nd February, Nodal Officers from our Department has not attended, it is reliably learnt.

3. The implementation cell has fixed two weeks time for submission of any Departmental specific Modification on 7th CPC recommendations but it is learnt that Nodal Officer appointed by the Department is out of Delhi and will be returning after 12th February , by that time, there will be 4 days time left for cutoff date fixed by implementation cell..

4. Further minutes says that any modification recommended by the Secretary Posts should be approved by the Minister (C) also before submission to implementation cell. We feel that if action is not taken on war footing it will be impossible for the Postal Department to submit modification proposal to the implementation cell after completing all the above formalities before the cutoff date

5. Regarding Cadre Restructuring also if orders are not issued before implementation of Pay Commissions report, there is every chance of returning the proposal by DOP&T for resubmission after signing fresh agreement taking in to consideration the 7th CPC orders issued by the Government.

In view of the above we request you to kindly act immediately to safe guard the interests of Postal Employees without giving room for any delay or omission or commission on the part of Postal Department.

We have decided certain agitational programmes on which we will be giving a separate memorandum on 11th March 2016.

Yours faithfully

Sd/_ Sd/-

(D. Theagarajan) (R.N. Parashar)

Secretary General Secretary General

FNPO NFPE

INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM 11th APRIL-2016

NJCA

National Joint Council of Action

4, State Entry Road, New Delhi – 110055

No.NJC/2015/7th CPC February 9, 2016

To

All Constituents of NJCA

Dear Comrade

The NJCA met on 08.02.2016 as scheduled. The meeting after taking into account various factors decided that the proposed indefinite strike will commence from 11.04.2016 if no settlement is brought about on the charter of demands by that time. The meeting also took the following decisions.

1.Strike notice will be served by the NJCA and all its constituents on 11.03.2016 by holding massive demonstration.

2.There will be a massive Rally on 11.03.2016 at Delhi and leaders of NJCA will make it possible to attend the said rally and the strike notice will be served on Cabinet Secretary, Government of India.

3.All the National JCA leaders will attend Rally at the State Capitals/big industrial centres during the month March and April, 2016. Dates will be finalised in consultation with the concerned State JCA.

4.To strengthen the campaign, the NJCA will place on the website a pamphlet explaining the demands.

5.Posters will be centrally designed and kept in the website for State JCAs and constituents to adopt.

6.All Constituents will undertake independent campaign programmes in the month of March 2016 to popularize the demands.

7.29th March will be observed as solidarity day throughout the country unitedly by all the Constituents of NJCA.

8.The indefinite strike will commence at 6 am on 11.04.2016.

9.The updated Charter of Demands on which the indefinite strike is to be organized is enclosed.

10.The Constituent organizations may add sectional demands as Part B of the Charter of Demands of the NJCA

The National JCA appeals all constituents to make intensive campaigns to make the strike an unprecedented success.

With greetings,

Yours fraternally,

(Shiva Gopal Mishra)

Convener

Charter of Demands

1.Settle the issues raised by the NJCA on the recommendations of the 7 CPC sent to Cabinet Secretary vide letter dated 10th December 2015

2.Remove the injustice done in the assignment of pay scales to technical/safety categories etc. in Railways& Defence, different categories in other Central Govt establishments by the 7 CPC

ii) Treat GDS as Civil Servants and extend proportional benefit on pension and allowances to the GDS

5.No FDI in Railways & Defence; No corporatization of Defence Production Units and Postal Department.

6.Fill up all vacant posts in the government departments, lift the ban on creation of posts; Regularise the casual/contract workers

7.Remove ceiling on compassionate ground appointments

8.Extend the benefit of Bonus Act,1965 amendment on enhancement of payment ceiling to the adhoc Bonus/PLB of Central Government employees with effect from the Financial year 2014-15

9.Ensure Five promotions in the service career of an employee

10.Do not amend Labour Laws in the name of Labour Reforms which will take away the existing benefits to the workers

11.Revive JCM functioning at all levels

Develop taste for collection of stamps, students told

Students at the Philately Exhibition organised by the Postal Department and Guntur Numismatic and Philatelic Society at Balaji Mandapam, in Guntur on Monday.- Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar

An exhibition of stamps- Gunturpex-2016- got under way at the Balaji Kalyana Mandapam on the premises of Venkateswara Swamy Temple at Brundavan Gardens here on Monday.

The exhibition, organised by the Postal Department in association with Guntur Numismatic and Philatelic Society, organised workshops, which evoked enthusiastic response, with over 1,000 students visiting the stalls. More than 6,000 stamps were displayed.

Inaugurating the two-day exhibition, Divisional Railway Manager, Guntur, Vijay Sharma said collection and study of stamps would enhance knowledge and helped students master history. The DRM also released two special covers on Guntur chillies and Undavalli caves on the occasion.

1.15 Crore Subscribers for National Pension System (NPS) as on 23 January 2016

National Pension System (NPS) had 11,459,555 subscribers with a total corpus of Rs. 90, 327 crore as on 23rd January, 2016. The total Assets under Management are worth Rs. 109,140 crore while Assets under Management per subscriber is Rs. 95,000 on an average.

The number of NPS Subscribers of the Central Government are 1611,020 with a total corpus of Rs. 34,754 crore while subscribers from the different State Governments are 2,859,094 with a total corpus of Rs. 45,486 crore. The number of NPS subscribers in the Corporate Sector are 448,509 while in Unorganized Sector is 128,484, the total being 576,993. The number of subscribers under NPS Lite include 4,463,637 and under Atal Pension Yojana (APY) 1,948,811, with a total number of subscribers 6,412,448 in these two categories.

NPS subscribers of Central Government are 14.1% of the total subscribers while that of the State Governments are 24.9%. The NPS subscribers under NPS Lite constitute 39% while under APY 17% of the total subscribers.

Since PFRDA has completed two years of its statutory status on 1st February, 2016, to mark this occasion, PFRDA in collaboration with all its intermediaries in the National Pension System including Central and State Governments’ Nodal Offices, POPs, Aggregators, Central Recordkeeping Agency and NPS Trust etc. is observing NPS Service Week from 1st to 6th February, 2016. This week-long campaign is being dedicated to service-orientation towards the subscribers and aimed at awareness building and improved information dissemination. During this Service Week, besides sharing of information on the range of functionalities and services now available under the NPS, the subscriber community will be apprised about the need for constant updation of data/information to enable the system to operate at its optimum service level, so that the intended benefits can reach all the employees/subscribers under NPS. Besides, the subscribers will also be able to make best use of all the opportunities and facilities.

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is organizing the 2nd Pension Conclave in national Capital on 4th February 2016 with the theme, “Towards Universal Pension: Coverage, Adequacy and Sustainability” in which all the stake holders are expected to participate and share their experiences. PFRDA proposes to use this occasion to acknowledge/award the best performing banks and Post Offices in mobilization and registration of subscribers under the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) up to 31st December 2015, and institute awards for best performing POPs under the Voluntary segment of the National Pension System.

Earlier, PFRDA launched NPS Awareness Programme for State autonomous bodies, Unorganized Sector, Corporate Sector and other categories in order to highlight the benefits of joining NPS and has requested the various State Governments to implement NPS more inclusively among the State Autonomous Bodies, Boards, Corporations, Societies, Universities and State aided institutions under various State Government departments. During the awareness programme, key features and benefits of NPS, details and process of joining NPS, details about NPS architecture investment and exit guidelines of NPS are highlighted.